UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The accused killer of Brian Thompson cited the industry’s failures as his motive for assassinating the UnitedHealth executive ...
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Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released an interim report saying that powerful drug middlemen marked up drugs for cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and other serious maladies far over the ...
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FTC: Pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices by $7.3B
WASHINGTON >> The nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain ...
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FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up to 7,736%
Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue. • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report showing that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) ...
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Synders Pharmacy in Oregon closes drive-thru, says it can’t afford staffing
Snyders Pharmacy, located in Oregon’s Ace Hardware, announced it has suspended operation of its drive-thru due to lack of ...
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Second Federal Trade Commission Report on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM’s) Focuses on Specialty Generics
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its second interim staff report “Specialty Generic Drugs a Growing Profit Center ...
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Pharmacy Benefits Managers Netted Extra $7.3B by Inflating Drug Prices: FTC
A report published Tuesday shows hundreds and thousands of percent markups on HIV, hypertension and cancer drugs for Medicare ...
FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in ...
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Insurer stocks fall after Trump says 'we're going to knock out the middleman'
CVS Health's CVS.N Caremark, Cigna's CI.N Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group's UNH.N Optum control the majority of the U.S. pharmacy benefit market, with their parent companies also ...
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Is your local pharmacy open on Christmas Day? Find out which ones are offering services and when to head to A&E instead
A new sample poll of around 500 pharmacies by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) found that: 17 per cent are open on Christmas Day 12 per cent are open on Boxing Day 13 per cent are open on ...
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Alabama loses a pharmacy a week. Now they are suing the ‘behemoths’ they say are to blame
That’s because of Pharmacy Benefit Managers ... over 80% of the prescriptions filled in the U.S. each year — CVS Caremark, Optum owned by United Healthcare and Express Scripts owned by ...